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Security Scare Briefly Locks Down US Nuclear Weapons Facility
Employees at the United States' primary nuclear weapons facility were briefly told to "shelter in place" Tuesday, when a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot triggered an emergency response.
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US Limits Nuclear Tech To China Citing Proliferation, Military Diversion
The Trump administration has said that it will "sharply restrict" exports of civilian nuclear technology to China. The statement comes at a time when officials in Washington believe Beijing has been "diverting civilian nuclear technology to power the new generations of Chinese submarines, aircraft carriers and floating nuclear power plants."
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India Meets All Criteria For Nuclear Group NSG, China Vetoing Entry: US
India has not been able to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group because of China's veto, a senior Trump Administration official said today, asserting that the United States will continue to advocate for New Delhi's membership in the elite grouping as it meets all the criteria.
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Will The World Trade Organization Survive Donald Trump?
For many experts, Donald Trump's administration's effort to portray the tariffs as legal under international trade law for national security reasons amounted to a nuclear strike against the rules-based trade system.
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Opinion: Great-Power Rivalry Is Back. The US Is Lagging.
Great-power competition is the pressing topic for the foreign policy community these days. The idea that the world is once again seeing sharp, undisguised rivalry between the major powers - the US, China and Russia - has been a staple of the Trump administration's recent National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture Revi...
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Iran Complies With Nuke Deal But Lifting Sanction To Be Reviewed, Says US
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States' national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran was complying with a deal to rein in its nuclear programme.
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How To Stay Sane In A World Of Crazy News
Life comes at you fast-these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events-among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before bei...
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US Puts Sanctions On 7 Pak Firms Associated With Country's Missile Programme
The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programme, a media report said today.
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Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Vows To Tackle North Korea Nuclear Threat: Report
US President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser says North Korea's nuclear programme would be given a high priority under the new administration, a South Korean official who held talks with him said on Saturday.
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US Congressmen Concerned Over China's Nuclear Weapons Aid To Pak
Expressing concern over latest reports suggesting that China supplied nuclear weapons technology and design to Pakistan, two influential US lawmakers have written a letter to the Obama administration, seeking to know what has been done to halt such cooperation which represents a threat to the national security of America and its allies.
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To Maintain Ties During Afghan War, US Ignored Pakistan's Nuclear Smuggling, Documents Suggest
The US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action would upset their bilateral ties at a critical time of the Afghan war, according to new declassified documents.
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NASA May Use Nuclear Weapons Against Stray Asteroids
If a large interplanetary rock veers onto a collision course with the Earth, how would we defend ourselves? Well, scientists are not really sure, but one solution could be using nuclear weapons to destroy them.
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US imposes new penalties on Iran
The Obama administration, seeking to build on the momentum of the Iran resolution passed last week by the United Nations, announced on June 16 that it had imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Iranian companies and individuals with links to the country's nuclear and missile programs.
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Security Scare Briefly Locks Down US Nuclear Weapons Facility
Employees at the United States' primary nuclear weapons facility were briefly told to "shelter in place" Tuesday, when a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot triggered an emergency response.
-
US Limits Nuclear Tech To China Citing Proliferation, Military Diversion
The Trump administration has said that it will "sharply restrict" exports of civilian nuclear technology to China. The statement comes at a time when officials in Washington believe Beijing has been "diverting civilian nuclear technology to power the new generations of Chinese submarines, aircraft carriers and floating nuclear power plants."
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India Meets All Criteria For Nuclear Group NSG, China Vetoing Entry: US
India has not been able to secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group because of China's veto, a senior Trump Administration official said today, asserting that the United States will continue to advocate for New Delhi's membership in the elite grouping as it meets all the criteria.
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Will The World Trade Organization Survive Donald Trump?
For many experts, Donald Trump's administration's effort to portray the tariffs as legal under international trade law for national security reasons amounted to a nuclear strike against the rules-based trade system.
-
Opinion: Great-Power Rivalry Is Back. The US Is Lagging.
Great-power competition is the pressing topic for the foreign policy community these days. The idea that the world is once again seeing sharp, undisguised rivalry between the major powers - the US, China and Russia - has been a staple of the Trump administration's recent National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Nuclear Posture Revi...
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Iran Complies With Nuke Deal But Lifting Sanction To Be Reviewed, Says US
The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was launching an inter-agency review of whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran was in the United States' national security interests, while acknowledging that Tehran was complying with a deal to rein in its nuclear programme.
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How To Stay Sane In A World Of Crazy News
Life comes at you fast-these days, it seems, at the speed of light. The first 100 days of any new presidential administration bring a flurry of actions and reactions, but this first month alone has been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential tweets, and momentous events-among them an immigration order that created havoc at airports before bei...
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US Puts Sanctions On 7 Pak Firms Associated With Country's Missile Programme
The US has slapped sanctions on seven Pakistani entities associated with the country's missile programme, a media report said today.
-
Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Vows To Tackle North Korea Nuclear Threat: Report
US President-elect Donald Trump's national security adviser says North Korea's nuclear programme would be given a high priority under the new administration, a South Korean official who held talks with him said on Saturday.
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US Congressmen Concerned Over China's Nuclear Weapons Aid To Pak
Expressing concern over latest reports suggesting that China supplied nuclear weapons technology and design to Pakistan, two influential US lawmakers have written a letter to the Obama administration, seeking to know what has been done to halt such cooperation which represents a threat to the national security of America and its allies.
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To Maintain Ties During Afghan War, US Ignored Pakistan's Nuclear Smuggling, Documents Suggest
The US went soft on Pakistan's nuclear smuggling efforts during former President Ronald Reagan's administration, fearing that any action would upset their bilateral ties at a critical time of the Afghan war, according to new declassified documents.
-
NASA May Use Nuclear Weapons Against Stray Asteroids
If a large interplanetary rock veers onto a collision course with the Earth, how would we defend ourselves? Well, scientists are not really sure, but one solution could be using nuclear weapons to destroy them.
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US imposes new penalties on Iran
The Obama administration, seeking to build on the momentum of the Iran resolution passed last week by the United Nations, announced on June 16 that it had imposed sanctions on more than a dozen Iranian companies and individuals with links to the country's nuclear and missile programs.
